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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/24",
  "legislation_title": "Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/enterprise-and-regulatory-reform-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The application of the CMA's seal must be authenticated by the signature of—\n(a) a person who is a member of the CMA Board, or\n(b) a person authorised (generally or specifically) for that purpose by the CMA.\n(2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the CMA's seal or signed on its behalf—\n(a) is to be received in evidence;\n(b) is to be taken to be duly signed or sealed unless the contrary is shown.\n(3) But this paragraph does not apply in relation to a document which is, or is to be, signed in accordance with the law of Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 17 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/2227, art. 2(j) (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:12.713580+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}